Russia Eyes the World’s Food Supply – is Wheat the new Natural Gas?

It’s no secret that Russia has used their position as an energy supplier to Europe for political gain. Back in January 2006 Russia cut off gas to Ukraine, which led to countries further down stream, such as Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia & Serbia also loosing supplies. Other countries such as France, Germany and Austria also saw significant reductions in supply from Russia. Russia again cut gas supplies in 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015 after which Ukraine found new gas supplies from European Union Countries. More recently Russia has cut off gas supplies to Finland, Poland and Bulgaria during the on-going war in Ukraine.